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reap_v so_o great_a and_o so_o sure_a a_o harvest_n whether_o from_o god_n justice_n which_o he_o must_v do_v if_o he_o stand_v as_o the_o jesuit_n will_v have_v he_o do_v upon_o merit_n or_o from_o his_o mercy_n as_o a_o recompense_n free_o bestow_v out_o of_o god_n gracious_a bounty_n and_o not_o in_o justice_n due_a for_o the_o worth_n of_o the_o work_n perform_v which_o question_n we_o think_v the_o prophet_n hosea_n have_v sufficient_o resolve_v when_o he_o bid_v we_o sow_v to_o ourselves_o in_o righteousness_n and_o reap_v in_o mercy_n hose_n 10.12_o neither_o do_v we_o hereby_o any_o whit_n detract_v from_o the_o truth_n of_o that_o axiom_n that_o god_n will_v give_v every_o man_n accord_v to_o his_o work_n for_o still_o the_o question_n remain_v the_o very_a same_o whether_o god_n may_v not_o judge_v a_o man_n according_a to_o his_o work_n when_o he_o sit_v upon_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n as_o well_o as_o when_o he_o sit_v upon_o the_o throne_n of_o justice_n and_o we_o 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so_o purpose_v to_o reward_v they_o afterward_o he_o prove_v out_o of_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 6.23_o that_o ibid._n eternal_a life_n be_v give_v out_o of_o god_n grace_n not_o out_o of_o our_o righteousness_n and_o that_o god_n in_o thus_o reward_v we_o do_v neither_o exercise_n commutative_a justice_n ibid._n because_o in_o our_o good_a work_n we_o give_v nothing_o unto_o god_n for_o which_o by_o way_n of_o commutation_n the_o reward_n shall_v be_v due_a unto_o we_o nor_o yet_o distributive_a ibid._n because_o no_o man_n by_o work_v well_o in_o regard_n of_o himself_o and_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o state_n wherein_o he_o be_v do_v merit_v any_o thing_n of_o condignity_n but_o be_v bind_v to_o god_n rather_o by_o a_o great_a obligation_n because_o he_o have_v receive_v great_a good_a thing_n from_o he_o and_o ibid._n thereupon_o at_o last_o conclude_v that_o god_n be_v just_a in_o reward_v because_o by_o his_o just_a disposition_n he_o have_v ordain_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o 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our_o saviour_n christ_n be_v not_o fulfil_v in_o they_o as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o proud_a and_o blind_a pharisees_n their_o predecessor_n 9.39_o for_o judgement_n i_o be_o come_v into_o this_o world_n that_o they_o which_o see_v not_o might_n see_v and_o that_o they_o which_o see_v may_v be_v make_v blind_a and_o so_o leave_v these_o blind_a leader_n of_o the_o blind_a who_o say_v they_o 9.41_o see_v by_o that_o mean_n make_v their_o sin_n to_o remain_v and_o say_v they_o 3.17_o be_v rich_a and_o increase_v with_o good_n not_o know_v that_o they_o be_v wretched_a and_o miserable_a and_o poor_a and_o blind_a and_o naked_a i_o proceed_v and_o out_o of_o the_o fifteen_o century_n or_o hundred_o of_o year_n after_o christ_n produce_v other_o two_o witness_n of_o this_o truth_n the_o one_o be_v paulus_n burgensis_n who_o expound_v those_o word_n of_o david_n psalm_n 36.5_o thy_o mercy_n o_o lord_n be_v in_o heaven_n or_o reach_v unto_o the_o heaven_n write_v thus_o 35._o no_o man_n 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consonant_a with_o the_o holy_a scripture_n who_o do_v simple_o deny_v such_o merit_n and_o with_o the_o qualification_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o of_o the_o scripture_n confess_v that_o simple_o no_o man_n merit_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n but_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n or_o will_n of_o the_o giver_n ibid._n as_o all_o the_o former_a saint_n until_o the_o late_a schoolman_n and_o the_o universal_a church_n have_v write_v out_o of_o which_o word_n of_o he_o you_o may_v further_o observe_v both_o the_o time_n when_o and_o the_o person_n by_o who_o this_o innovation_n be_v make_v in_o these_o latter_a day_n of_o the_o church_n namely_o that_o the_o late_a schoolman_n be_v they_o that_o corrupt_v the_o ancient_a doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n and_o to_o that_o end_n devise_v their_o new_a term_n of_o the_o merit_n of_o congruity_n and_o condignity_n i_o say_v in_o these_o latter_a day_n because_o if_o we_o look_v unto_o high_a time_n walden_n himself_o in_o that_o same_o place_n do_v affirm_v that_o it_o be_v a_o branch_n of_o the_o ibid._n pelagian_n heresy_n to_o hold_v that_o according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o meritorious_a work_n god_n will_v reward_v a_o man_n so_o merit_v neither_o indeed_o can_v this_o proud_a generation_n of_o merit-monger_n be_v derive_v from_o a_o more_o proper_a stock_n than_o from_o the_o old_a either_o pelagian_n or_o catharist_n for_o as_o these_o do_v now_o adays_o maintain_v that_o they_o do_v 9.1_o work_v by_o their_o own_o freewill_n and_o thereby_o deserve_v their_o salvation_n so_o be_v this_o wont_a to_o be_v a_o part_n of_o pelagius_n his_o song_n 1_o no_o man_n shall_v take_v away_o from_o i_o the_o power_n of_o freewill_n lest_o if_o god_n be_v my_o helper_n in_o my_o work_n the_o reward_n be_v not_o due_a to_o i_o but_o to_o he_o that_o do_v work_v in_o i_o and_o to_o catharis_n glory_n of_o their_o merit_n be_v a_o special_a property_n note_v in_o the_o catharist_n or_o ancient_a puritan_n who_o stand_v thus_o 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